Quotes by Adolf Loos

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And Czechoslovak architect and theorist of modern architecture · Czech

Austrian and Czechoslovak architect and theorist of modern architecture

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“Be truthful, nature only sides with truth.”

“Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.”

“The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present.”

“Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.”

“The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.”

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“Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.”

— Adolf Loos

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“It is ridiculous to lay down to people where a thing should stand, design everything for them from the lavatory pan to the ashtray. On the contrary, I like people to move their furniture so that it...”

— Adolf Loos

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“Be truthful, nature only sides with truth.”

— Adolf Loos

Truth Sides Truthful

“Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.”

— Adolf Loos

Man Task Precise

“Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Ev...”

— Adolf Loos

Art Small House

“The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present.”

— Adolf Loos

Work Art Future

“The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.”

— Adolf Loos

Work Art Artist

“If nothing were left of an extinct race but a single button, I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button, how these people dressed, built their houses, how they lived, what was their re...”

— Adolf Loos